The UK has welcomed in the new year with spectacular firework displays with over 10, 000 fireworks lit up the sky in every colour, as part of a 12-minute display with London eye as the centrepiece. Big Ben chimed to welcome in 2018 after been turned back on part way the restoration work. London Ambulance…
Richard Cousins (58), chief executive of British catering giant Compass Group, from London, his two sons William (25) and Edward (23), fiancée Emma Bowden (48), her 11-year-old daughter Heather and the Australian pilot Gareth Morgan (44) has died in a New Year’s Eve after their seaplane plunged into a the Hawkesbury River, near Cowan, 30…
Pope Francis appeared on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica and has used his Christmas message to call for a negotiated two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “ Happy Christmas! In Bethlehem, Jesus was born of the Virgin Mar. He was born, not by the will of man, but by the gift of the…
Christmas Day at Euston Station in London, Britain’s fifth-busiest train station, is quite different from what you can imagine, with people sitting down to a Christmas day feast.The Indicator board read : “Special notice: Network Rail invites you to Euston station. Merry Christmas”. The world famous transport hub has been transformed to a hub for…
A US passenger train on its inaugural run in Washington state has derailed with carriages crashing on to the motorway below during the morning rush hour. According to officials, three people died as fatalities could rise and 100 injured on board the train which hit vehicles on the 1-5 highway below. The Amtrak Train 501 on its…
Near blizzard conditions have swept Britain, with snow falling in London covering up to 3cm with readings of minus 2°C in parts of East and South East and over a 24 long-haul flights grounded were cancelled at Heathrow Airport. London had not experienced this much snow since March 2013 as the streets and parks turned…
Last Saturday, December 2, 2017, marked the National Samba Day, Brazil’s most iconic music genre. Rio will host a variety of “rodas de samba” all over Zona Sul Centro and Zone Norte.
The 2017 London Fashion awards was held in partnership with Swarovski at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Monday night. Rita Ora, performed with a choir at the ceremony, wearing a Versace dress. Brazilian model Izabel Goulart wearing fashion designer Julien Macdonald’s creations.